Jammu Kashmir : General reached to review the security situation

After huge tension for the last five days in Jammu Kashmir, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh today arrived in the state to take stock of the security situation. Lt Gen Hooda briefed the Army chief about the overall security situation in the Command theater. The Army Chief interacted with the Corps Commanders and took firsthand assessment of the prevailing internal security situation especially in view of the recent incidents at Handwara and Nutnusa in the Kashmir Valley. On April 12, three persons were killed during protests against alleged molestation of a girl by a soldier in Handwara town. but girl denied of molestation by army persons in CJM court. Five persons killed after this incident. The Army Chief, who is on a one-day visit to J-K, arrived at the headquarters of Udhampur-based Northern Command, where he was received by the northern army Commander Lt Gen D S Hooda.